A new writing genre …
Posting to a weblog can take many forms. The possibilities as Richardson (2006, p.29) identifies in his text “Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms” are endless. By their very structure blogs facilitate what Richardson (2006) thinks is a new form of genre that could be called “connective writing”. For those that are hesitant or still wondering about what a blog is and why it might be worthwhile to record some of our thoughts, discussions and reflections on different things that we see, read or hear about technology, then check out the following YouTube link which provides a really clear, user friendly and constructive overview of Blogs in Plain English
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October 5th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
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October 13th, 2009 at 7:53 am
Starting my own blog for university has been an interesting and engaging project. To me it feels as though blogging is a more personal, achademic and reflective side of facebook, myspace and other social networking sites, but more educational focused. For one who does not really use facebook that much it has been enjoyable to get my thoughts out into the public on a deeper basis, than just social interactions.